This book is an anthology of quotes from Epictetus and selected facts about Epictetus. "A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope" "All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way." "Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him." "Asked, who is the rich man? He who is content." "Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself." "Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee." "Do not try to seem wise to others." "Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it." "Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature" "Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment." "Everyone's life is warfare and that long and various." "First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak." "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." "For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death." "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." "He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."
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